I hesitated a little but sometimes you just look at how a batsman is doing currently and you just know he's going to be very good. That's happened with Root for me. It's been a short career but he's already had a better prolonged run of form than any englishman in ages.

Done most of his scoring at home, admittedly but he's done it against some very good attacks. I'm he's already transitioned from "potentially awesome" to actually awesome.

KP for his strength, fluency & innovation.
Root, who has the potential to one day become the #1 batsman in the world & captain England
And finally Trott, who narrowly pips Thorpe & Hussain for the vote.